Non-slip heel for footwear



G. W. WATSON.

NON-SLIP HEEL FOR FOOTWEAR.

APPLICATION FILED juus'zo, x919.

1,2150, 1 9o. atent dAug. 17,1920.

WITNESS IN VENTOR ATTORNEY,

PATENT OFFICE}.

UNITED STATES.

GEORGE W. WATSON, 013 BOSTON, -MASSAGHUSETTS.

NON-SLIP HEEL iron. FOOTWEAR.

Application filed June 20,

provide-an extremely simple and cheap device which will be practically invisible and which may be quickly attached to or removed from a shoe without the aid of screws, straps or other fastenings.

Heretofore it has been quite common to use spurs or other metallic devices which have been strapped or screwed to the'heels or soles of footwear but such devices can be utilized only on icy places whereas my pres-- ent non-slip device may be worn everywhere, even on highly polished floors, without injury to either the said devices or to such floors; thus rendering it unnecessary to remove the non-slip devices before going indoors.

The drawings annexed hereto illustrate my invention, Figure 1 being a s1de view of a shoe, having attached thereto a non-slip device of my present improved construction. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of said device and Fig. 3- is a central, vertical, sectional, view of the same.

My invention, briefly described, consists of an elastic cap which is adapted to fit snugly on a shoe heel, the construction of said cap being such that it will be securely fastened to the heel so long as it is required for service and so that it maybe readily removed when it is no longer required for nonslip purposes.

In the drawings the shoe is indicated by the reference letter a. My improved nonslip attachment is of general cup construction, conforming to the'size and shape of the shoe heel and the adjacent portion of the shoe counter. Described more specifically, the lower portion b, is shaped to. fit tightly. on the shoe heel, and the upper or rim portion 0, is flared to conform to the shape. and size of the counter of the shoe, said upper, rim, portion being cut down at its front po r-v wi, to further prevent the undue slipping of the device, and in ordertogprevent the'device Specification of Letters Patent. Patghfed Aug. 17, 1520.

1919. Serial No. 305,587.

tion 0' almost to, the point where the heel joins the upper. g The tread portion'of the described nonslip device iscorrugated transversely, as at from accidentally sli pin pn aamthe shoe .heel, I locate in the ront wall eyian indented portion fwhich will yield topermit the device to receive and fittightly upon heels of different lengths, as will zbe..understood by reference to Fig. 1 of the drawing.'-. I Y I In the operation. of drawin hefnon-slip; cap onto the shoe, said cap i's rst positioned as seen in dotted ,outline in Fig. 1 that is to say with. the upper edge of the ,front 6 10- cated at the angle wherethe' said front joins the sole of the shoe; the cupped upper portion of the device being thenv drawn upward into engagement. withithe counter of the shoe, as seen in" full lines in saidFig. 1. As the device .is thus moved to its operative position on the shoe, the indented portion f is forced into close engagement with the front off-the heel sufliciently toprevent the "device from slipping downwa1;,d,;'awiay from the heel, so long as the cupped portion 0 remains in engagement with the shoecounter.

My described improvement may be ni'anufactured very cheaply and attached to. the shoe quickly and, by its use, niany falls, and serious accidents resulting therefrom,, will-be prevented. v i

My invention is particularly distinguished from similar devices as previously constructed by providing means whereby the rear part of the resilient heel cap or pocket is caused to snugly fit theheel and counter, thereby doing away with the liability of loosely fitting pockets being easily torn and ripped open at thispart of the shoe which is most exposed to injuries and strains, the

loose fit in my invention being provided at the breast part of the heel by means of an inwardly projecting shoulder in spaced re- 100 lation with the juncture of the heel breast with the shaft of the sole. Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. In a device of the character described 105 means at the frontwall of said pocket, and 110 heel.

2. In a device of the character described in combination a heel, a shoe counter connected to the upper part of said heel, a heel-andcounter incloslng pocket of resilient material the rear part of said pocket substantially corresponding in shape to the shape of said heel and counter, and adapted to snugly fit said heel and counter, and inwardly projecting mea'nsat the front part of said pocket in spaced relation to the open end of said pocket, and adapted to engage with the breast of said heel.

3. In a device of the character described in combination a heel, a shoe counter connected to the upper part of said heel, a heel-andcounter inclosing pocket of resilient material, the rear part of said pocket being shaped to substantially correspond to the sha e of the rear part of said heel and of sai counter, "and a straight front wall on said ocket, and an inwardly projecting shoul er on said front wall in spaced relation to the open end 'of said pocket, and

fldalpted to rest against the breast of said 4. In a device of the character described in combination a heel, a counter portion at the upper rear part of said heel, an open mouthed resilient, heel-inclosing pocket, the inwardly smooth rear part of said pocket snugly engageable with the rear part of the heel and of the counter portion, and an inwardly concaved pro'ection at a distance from the edge of sai pocket opening and engageable with the heel breast.

GEORGE W. WATSON. 

